Not only was it nearly impossible to hear because of these huge rubber ears we had to wear, but we also had these huge furry hands which were absolutely useless, especially if you had to scratch yourself.

My father fell really chronically ill when I was 13 and that's when I phoned up an agent and started to act.

Very early on, you figure out that you put your self esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

With the number of people I ignore, I'm lucky I work at all in this town.

People say, "You're still breast-feeding, that's so generous". Generous, no! It gives me boobs and it takes my thighs away! It's sort of like natural liposuction. I'd carry on breast-feeding for the rest of my life if I could.

I actually pointed my wand and it blew up! The power! The power was just like Angry Birds, but big [as] life.

His mouth is a no-go area. It's like kissing the Berlin Wall.